Also from October 8
Births
Blog entries
Couples
- Anniversary: Getto
- Anniversary: Longaker
- Anniversary: Walter
- Anniversary: Wilson
- Wedding: Winerock and Wilmer
- Wedding: Caplan and Cornelius
- Engagement: Metz and Howard
- Engagement: Li and Garrett
- Engagement: Lindsey and Pomeroy
- Engagement: Shuck and Wilson
- Engagement: Carey and Luse
- Engagement: Padget and Lacabarats
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
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Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Lawrence business leaders receive Hall of Fame honor- October 6, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Four prominent community leaders were inducted into the Lawrence Business Hall of Fame on Thursday night, each for making significant contributions to the city and its people.
6:00 a.m.
Redevelopment of Poehler building in east Lawrence could cost city $1.3 million- October 7, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Saving a piece of the past will take more take more than a little bit of public money in the here and now.
10:00 a.m.
Eudora woman injured in fatal MagnaGro accident in 2010 files suit against Lawrence company, owner- October 7, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- A Eudora woman who was injured and is also the sister of a man who died in an April 2010 industrial accident in Lawrence has filed a lawsuit against MagnaGro Corp. and its owner Raymond Sawyer.
All stories
- Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy: No reason to play starters after second quarter
- October 8, 2011
- Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said pulling quarterback Brandon Weeden with five minutes left in the second quarter wasn’t meant to be a slight against Kansas.
- Game Balls and Gassers: Oklahoma State
- October 8, 2011
- Candidates for Game Balls and Gassers …
- Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A6
- Road work planned for the week of Oct. 9, 2011
- Around and about in local business
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A6
- Local business news for the week ending October 8, 2011.
- Matt Tait’s football notebook: Players say fans should be patient with KU coach Turner Gill
- October 8, 2011
- Message boards, Twitter feeds and a variety of KU web sites raged with a similar message during and after the Kansas University football team’s latest lopsided loss, a 70-28 setback at Oklahoma State on Saturday.
- Emergency crews dispatched to accident near Clinton Parkway and Wakarusa Drive
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Emergency crews were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident at approximately 10:45 p.m. on the 5000 block of Clinton Parkway.
- Lawrence version of Occupy Wall Street protest springs up
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A4
- The Occupy Wall Street populist protest movement that has sprung up across the nation made its way to Lawrence on Saturday, as more than 100 people gathered outside the U.S. Bank at Ninth and Massachusetts streets.
- Statistics indicate it’s unlikely that missing Kansas City baby was abducted by stranger
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Decades of statistics on infant abductions in the U.S. suggest one of the least likely scenarios in last week’s disappearance of a Kansas City baby is that a stranger broke into her home and quietly snatched her from her crib.
- Easy Pickens: Jayhawks set more records for futility in 70-28 loss to Oklahoma State
- October 8, 2011
- At this point, it almost has become a carnival-like atmosphere around the Kansas University football team. Come one, come all, schedule the Jayhawks and set a school record. Find the magic combination and you may be able to rewrite your entire record book.
- Kansas task force working in secret on tax proposal
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A1
- There is a task force in state government that is going to deliver to Gov. Sam Brownback a tax proposal that could affect every Kansan.
- Lawrence lags in updating equipment, City Hall report says
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A1
- The city of Lawrence’s finances are solid, but some of the equipment that city employees use for their jobs may be a little less so, according to a new report out of City Hall.
- No defense for KU coach Turner Gill
- October 8, 2011
- Somewhere, two large men had to be experiencing unspoken, non-stop “told-you-so” moments Saturday as score updates crawled across the bottom of their TV screens or iPhones, or however they get their information.
- Questions and answers abound about trash issues as Solid Waste Task Force prepares recommendations
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Lawrence city commissioners are inching closer to their own trash day as a city-appointed task force moves toward delivering recommendations on how to change the city’s trash and recycling services.
- Emergency halftime column: Gun for 100, Gundy!
- October 8, 2011
- Running up the score is considered bad form and I get that, in high school. I never have understood the big deal about college football teams putting huge numbers on the board, especially teams in the run for national titles.
- Statistics suggest KC baby unlikely taken by stranger
- October 8, 2011
- Experts say there’s a good chance a missing Kansas City baby is alive if a stranger kidnapped her.
- One person dead following all-terrain vehicle accident in field east of Baldwin City
- 09:09 a.m., October 8, 2011 Updated 07:59 p.m. in print edition on A3
- Douglas County emergency officials were called on Saturday morning to the scene of a fatality accident in a field east of Baldwin City involving an all terrain vehicle, dispatchers said.
- KU student hit by car while walking on campus
- October 8, 2011
- A Kansas University student was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with minor injuries after being struck by a car driven by another student around 12:35 p.m.
- Pump Patrol
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A5
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $3.19 at several stations.
- Lawrence man reports laptop computer stolen
- October 8, 2011
- A 22-year-old Lawrence man reported someone stole his black Dell laptop computer valued at $1,119 in a vehicle burglary that occurred between Sept. 29 and 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 3000 block of West Sixth Street.
- $1,200 worth of CDs reported stolen
- October 8, 2011
- A 26-year-old Kansas University student reported to police that 120 CDs valued at $10 each, or $1,200 total were stolen.
- LG television reported stolen
- October 8, 2011
- A 45-year-old Lawrence man reported a $2,020 LG television was taken in a burglary of his residence in the 2200 block of Harper Street.
- 100 years ago: Hundreds of female students rally on campus for girls’ dormitory
- October 8, 2011
- “As far as the eye could see between Robinson Gymnasium and Fraser hall there was one long procession of girls.”
- Reducing poverty should be top priority
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A8
- With each passing month, the unemployment lines swell with downtrodden members of America’s middle class, once the strength of our nation. Without an infusion of jobs, their plight will continue to grow. And that spells even more poverty among the disadvantaged. All the while, Congress continues to posture, in hopes of gaining political clout and eventual re-election. Any mention of poverty and the emerging threat to our social structure is met with spurious charges of “class warfare.”
- Speedy neutrino upsets scientific absolutes
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A8
- The world as we know it is on the brink of disintegration, on the verge of dissolution. No, I’m not talking about the collapse of the euro, of international finance, of the Western economies, of the democratic future, of the unipolar moment, of the American dream, of French banks, of Greece as a going concern, of Europe as an idea, of Pax Americana
- New Deal II
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Our U.S. unemployment rate is said to be 9.1 percent. I believe it is much higher because many people have given up trying for employment. Other unemployed people despair of success and never even try to get a job.
- 40 years ago: Clinton Lake money awaiting approval in Washington
- October 8, 2011
- A bill that was to send $1.8 million to this area for the partial construction of Clinton Lake was “sitting somewhere on President Nixon’s desk” awaiting his signature.
- 25 years ago: Change to current liquor laws debated
- October 8, 2011
- A crowd of about 150 people, mostly Kansas University students, attended a recent debate on the liquor-by-the-drink issue.
- Horoscope for Oct. 8
- October 8, 2011
- Understand what the true cost is of heading down the same path with a key person. Obviously, this person holds a lot of your interest. If you are single, this conflict might not be as serious for those who are married. Be honest with yourself and with others. You cannot turn caring on and off like a faucet. Pisces opens up doors to different aspects of your life.
- ‘Rules’ finds a steady engagement
- October 8, 2011
- “Rules of Engagement” (7 p.m., CBS) begins its sixth season tonight. That may come as a surprise to millions.
- Club news for October 8, 2011
- October 8, 2011
- University Bridge Club announces results of its Oct. 1 meeting with hosts John and Willi Stark.
- 4-H and FCE news for October 8, 2011
- October 8, 2011
- Kanwaka FCE will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Muriel Maness, 1877 E. 950 Road.
- Around and About for October 8, 2011
- October 8, 2011
- Bishop Seabury Academy will have its Fall Open House from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
- Faith Forum: How different do you think the America’s religious life would’ve been if Columbus hadn’t ‘sailed the ocean blue’ in 1492?
- October 8, 2011
- Robert Minor and the Rev. Matt Sturtevant answer.
- Money, not just school rivalries, at stake in Big 12 shake-up
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on A3
- There is tremendous interest in the musical chairs game currently being played by schools that have been, or currently are, members of the Big 12 Conference, as well as universities that may become part of the conference.
- High school football roundup
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B6
- A roundup of scores from area high schools.
- Veritas blanks KC East, 60-0
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B6
- Preston Randall rushed for 94 yards and five touchdowns on nine carries as Veritas beat K.C. East, 60-0, to move to 6-0 on Friday at the Eagles Nest. Veritas plays host to Cair Paravel of Topeka next week, then faces St. Marys Academy, which the Eagles played in the state championship last season.
- Once a generation: Scintillating Strauss runs wild in Lions’ rout of Raiders
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Another week, another dominant performance from Lawrence High junior quarterback Brad Strauss.
- ‘Miss Angel’ Morris accepts Life Saver award
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Angel Morris, the mother of former Kansas University basketball forwards Marcus and Markieff Morris, received Headquarters Counseling Center’s inaugural Life Saver Award on Friday night at Maceli’s.
- Chiefs WR Jonathan Baldwin finally getting back onto field
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Here’s what most Chiefs fans know of Jon Baldwin: He’s a highly-touted wide receiver whose checkered history in college caused his draft stock to fall and his fight with a teammate in training camp resulted in an injury that’s kept him out all season.
- Big 12 tip: stay at 10
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Big, bad Texas wanted its own TV network and all the money that goes with it. The original plan called for the Longhorn Network to televise high school games, giving Texas an even greater recruiting advantage.
- No. 5 Boise State dominates Fresno State 57-7
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Geraldo Boldewijn caught two touchdown passes in his first game back from suspension and No. 5 Boise State extended its dominance over former WAC rival Fresno State in a 57-7 victory Friday night.
- AP sources: Big East leaders discuss expansion
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Big East leaders still aren’t sure which schools to invite to their troubled conference.
- LHS, FSHS tennis put several into 6A state
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Three Lawrence High girls tennis players and three Free State High players qualified for the Class 6A state tournament after finishing in the top six at regionals on Friday at the Lawrence High Tennis Facility.
- Baylor upends KU soccer
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Despite a goal by junior Whitney Berry in the 71st minute, Kansas University’s soccer team fell to Baylor, 3-1, on Friday at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
- Nyjer Morgan lifts Brewers past D-backs in 10, into NLCS
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B4
- Nyjer Morgan denounced his “haters.” He suggested he might celebrate by taking a nice, relaxing bath. Then he erupted with a cackle.
- Chris Carpenter outduels Roy Halladay, Cardinals edge Phils
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B4
- The ultimate ace, it turned out, belonged to the St. Louis Cardinals.
- Bradley McDougald has made strides since first start at safety vs. OSU in 2010
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B10
- After playing most of his first two seasons at wide receiver, Kansas University’s Bradley McDougald found himself shifted to safety for the final two games of his sophomore season.
- Junior linebacker taking steps forward
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B5
- Kansas University junior Malcolm Walker may have figured out the fastest way to earn more playing time. Finish near the top of the stat sheet in tackles and the coaches will have no choice but to at least consider giving him more snaps.
- Tale of the Tape: KU vs. Oklahoma State
- October 8, 2011 in print edition on B5
- The Jayhawks have continued to show that they can run the football, no matter who the opponent is. Never was that more evident than last week, when second-leading rusher Darrian Miller went down early and was replaced by red-shirt freshman Brandon Bourbon, who, ho-hum, picked up the first 100-yard game of his career.
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